Our Co-Curators
WHO WE ARE
Vivianne A. Njoku
Vivianne A. Njoku (she/ella) is a multi-media artist and educator rooted in community, creativity and love. In addition to her work as a visual artist, musician and performance artist, she offers trainings, workshops, and activations as SHIFT, with an emphasis on supporting critical human transformation in educational, creative and institutional spaces. Vivianne holds a bachelor's in psychological and brain sciences from the johns hopkins university, a master's in art education from new york university. She is most often found existing and resisting in solidarity and love with blood and chosen family.
Bryan Joseph Lee
Bryan Joseph Lee (he/him) is a Southern-born Queer Black man who believes in making space for art. He is a creative producer, civic organizer, and the founder of CNTR ARTS, a creative agency that centers artists, activists, and communities of color through artistic producing and strategic consulting. Most recently, Bryan served as Director of Public Forum at The Public Theater in New York City, where he investigated civic organizing and cultural changemaking at one of the nation's leading off-Broadway theater companies. As an artistic curator, his work centers the experiences of Queer, Trans, and BIPOC communities on stage and in our world. Bryan has also independently produced and programmed several Black Queer artists at venues like La Mama Theater Company and The Shed in New York City. In 2021, Bryan was named a Producer-In-Residence with The Shubert Organization, and is incubating multiple commercial projects with Black Queer artists that defy genre.
